Ice-cream packer



c- 1948- J. GILCREST 2,457,541

IGECREAM PACKER Filed Au 20, 1947 Fig. f 5

I I I l 42 l I I i I 3 l4 I6 44 I 8 40 3 Y 20 3 34 50 minim-=- n 48 48 22 Inventor Leo J. Gi/crest Patented Dec. 28, 1948 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE-l 2,457,541 ICE-CREAM PACK R Leo J. Gilcrest, Cyrus, Minn.

Application August 20, 1947, Serial No. 769,638

2 Claims.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in ice cream packers and the primary object of the present invention is to provide a packer so designed as to permit the same to be quickly and readily inserted into or removed from a container filled with ice cream which is to be removed.

Another important object of the present invention is to provide an ice cream packer including a piston workable in a body and novel and improved means for scraping the lower face of the piston to remove excess ice cream which may have adhered thereto during use of the device.

A further object of the present invention is to provide an ice cream packer including new and useful improvements for retaining the piston in a raised position as the body is inserted into an ice cream container.

A still further aim of the present invention is to provide an ice cream packer that is simple and practical in construction, strong and reliable in use, relatively inexpensive to manufacture, and otherwise well adapted for the purposes for which the same is intended.

Other objects and advantages reside in the details of construction and operation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, wherein like numerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

Figure 1 is an elevational view of the present invention showing the piston in a lowered position, and with parts of the present invention broken away and shown in section;

Figure 2 is an elevational view showing the device inserted into a container which is to be packed (shown in dotted lines), and with parts broken away and shown in section;

Figure 3 is a transverse horizontal sectional view taken substantially on the plane of section line 3-3 of Figure 1; and

Figure 4 is a bottom plan view of Figure 1.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, where in for the purpose of illustration, there is disclosed a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the numeral I represents a cylindrical body open at both ends and having its lower end I 2 beveled to facilitate the same to be inserted into ice cream within a container (not shown).

Rigidly secured by welding or the like to the upper end of the body III, are the downwardly inclined end portions I4 of a guide plate [6 the central portion of which is disposed at right angles to the axis of the body. Centrally located in the guide plate is an aperture I8 reinforced by a guide washer 20 which is rigidly secured to the inner face of the guide 16. Slidably mounted in this aperture I8 is a piston rod 22 having a reduced externally threaded portion 2 4 that receivably engages a threaded bore in the hub portion 26 of a piston 28. It is preferred, that the lower face 30 of the piston be concave and that the piston be provided with air vents 32 extending through the piston, for a purpose which will later be described.

An aperture 34 is provided in one of the downwardly inclined end portions M of the guide l6 through which extends the externally threaded end 36 of a suitable hand grip 38, and an internally threaded nut 40 fixedly carried by the inner face of this downwardly inclined end portion receivably engages the end 36. It is also preferred, that a suitable hand grip 42 be secured to the outer terminal of the guide rod 22.

A slot 44 is provided in the guide l6 and washer 20, and this slot communicates with aperture [8, so that the lug 46 carried by the piston rod adjacent piston 28 may extend therethrough to bear upon the outer face of the guide plate when the rod 22 is turned slightly to retain the rod outwardly from the body and the piston raised within the body.

The numeral 48 represents a length of wire, preferably piano wire which extends across the lower end of the body 10 longitudinally on opposite sides of the body and is then secured to the upper end of the body by welding or the like 50.

In practical use of the device, the piston is raised so that the lug 46 extends through slots 44 and then the rod is turned slightly to retain the piston in a raised position, as shown in Figure 2. By use of the grip 38 the body is then inserted into a body of ice cream in a container and the ice cream flows out through the vent 32 to indicate when the body is filled. By then rotating the body, by use of the hand grip 38, the longitudinal portion of the Wire or cutter 48 will reduce the friction between the ice cream and the outer periphery of the body, so that the body may be conveniently removed from the ice cream.

The body l0 filled with the ice cream is then inserted into a container 52 of a length less than the length of the body "I. By rotating the rod 22 slightly so that lug 46 engages slot 44, the rod may be pushed downwardly to force the ice cream in the body 10 into the container 52 and at the same time the body is pulled outwardly of the container by grip 38. The final procedure is to rotate the body while holding the piston against rotation, so that any excess cream on the lower a 3 face of the piston on the edges thereof will be removed by the transverse portion of the wire 48.

In view of the foregoing description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings it is believed that a clear understanding of the device will be quite apparent to those skilled in this art. A more detailed description is accordingly deemed unnecessary.

It is to be understood, however, that even though itthere, is herein showniandrfdescribedsa preferred "'embodimentpf the invention *the same is susceptible to certain changes fully comprehended by the spirit of the invention as herein described and the scope of the appendedacla-ims.

Having described the invention, what is claimed asnewis:

1. An ice cream packer comprisingza cylindrical body having open upper and lower ends, an elongated guide plate having its terminalsrigidly secured to said body cat the upper end thereof,

erani'apertme icentrallyjocated in said =guide:q1late,

:piston rod slidably. mounted .in said :a'pertu-re,

-sa'. piston carriediby' saidmod; hand gripping --means ':carried by saidtguidegplate and inclined relative 110"Sfiidl10dlf0l holdingisaid body; saidpguide.'-.p1ate aiprovided Withca slot communicating a-wit h' :said laperturea :lug-carriedmy the innermost -end rof Number 4 said rod extendable through said slot to bear upon the outer face of said guide plate for retaining said piston at the upper end of said body, and a substantially U -shaped member carried by said body for reducing the frictional engagement between the outer periphery of said body-and a material in which the same is inserted, said U- shaped member including a web portion extending across the lower end of said body.

The'rconibination' l awherein said "pistorr includes-a pluraiity ot apertures through which ice cream is adapted to flow to indicate --when the body is filled;

- I LEO J GILCREST.

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